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Table 5 Results from the mediation analyses exploring whether presumed determinants could explain differences in fruit and vegetable intake between the two samples (0 = Pro Children; 1 = Pro Greens)

From: Differences in fruit and vegetable intake and their determinants among 11-year-old schoolchildren between 2003 and 2009

fruit intake (n = 1369)

total effect = 25.16

(7.36; 43.0)

direct effect model 1 = 13.0

(-4.44; 30.5)

Direct effect in model 2 = 10.0 (-5.63; 25,7)

 

path a

path b

(model 1)

path b

(model 2)

mediated effect (a*b) in model 1

mediated effect (a*b) in model 2

 

coeff

SE

coeff

SE

coeff

SE

coeff

95%CI1

proportion

coeff

95%CI1

proportion

knowledge

0.13

0.05

25.30

7.82

26.47

7.86

3.28

1.28

6.44

13.0%

3.27

1.24

5.99

14.2%

liking

0.04

0.08

35.24

4.92

--

--

1.27

-2.37

5.02

5.0%

--

--

--

--

active encouragement

0.07

0.07

-1.82

3.36

--

--

-0.12

-1.58

0.27

-0.5%

--

--

--

--

parental demand

0.17

0.06

16.98

3.98

23.47

3.52

2.89

0.71

6.48

11.5%

5.42

2.64

10.86

23.6%

parental allowing

-0.17

0.07

4.16

3.81

--

--

-0.69

-2.45

0.29

-2.8%

--

--

--

--

parental facilitation

0.33

0.08

7.08

3.53

12.16

3.44

2.33

0.09

5.56

9.3%

4.24

1.78

8.28

18.5%

bringing to school

0.39

0.04

5.93

3.26

--

--

2.30

-0.08

5.52

9.2%

--

--

--

--

school availability

0.20

0.03

4.41

5.50

--

--

0.89

-0.97

3.99

3.5%

--

--

--

--

Total

      

12.15

5.12

20.36

48.3%

12.9

8.40

20.1

56.3%

Vegetable intake (n = 1356)

total effect = -12.5

(-21.4; -3.63)

direct effect model 1 = -12.7

(-21.5; -3.86)

Direct effect model 2 = -14.0 (-22.7; -5.26)

 

path a

path b

(model 1)

path b

(model 2)

mediated effect (a*b) in model 1

mediated effect (a*b) in model 2

 

coeff

SE

coeff

SE

coeff

SE

coeff

95%CI1

proportion

coeff

95%CI1

proportion

knowledge

-0.03

0.02

9.65

5.39

--

--

-0.31

-1.47

0.11

2.4%

--

--

--

--

liking

-0.06

0.06

5.19

2.23

--

--

-0.31

-1.39

0.19

2.5%

--

--

--

--

active encouragement

-0.02

0.07

1.25

1.85

--

--

-0.03

-0.68

0.17

0.2%

--

--

--

--

parental demand

0.11

0.06

7.29

2.49

10.2

2.18

0.82

0.04

2.22

-6.6%

1.23

0.15

2.81

-9.7%

parental allowing

-0.14

0.06

1.49

2.22

--

--

-0.21

-1.09

0.35

1.7%

--

--

--

--

parental facilitation

0.00

0.06

3.32

2.19

--

--

0.00

-0.65

0.53

0.0%

--

--

--

--

bringing to school

0.02

0.02

17.75

6.64

--

--

0.30

-0.29

1.41

-2.4%

    

school availability

0.01

0.01

-19.61

21.62

--

--

-0.11

-0.60

0.09

0.9%

--

--

--

--

total

      

0.16

-1.85

2.39

-1.3%

1.23

0.15

2.81

-9.7%

  1. 1 bias-corrected 95% confidence intervals retrieved from resampling (n = 5000)
  2. Model 1 - model including all potential mediators
  3. Model 2 - model including only the significant mediators from model 1
  4. All models are adjusted for sex, age, ethnic background and maternal educational level
  5. Bold - significant estimates at the p = 0.05 level